pehmustettujen

Pehmustettujen is a Finnish grammatical form derived from the adjective or past participle pehmustettu, meaning padded or cushioned. It is the genitive plural form used with a noun in the genitive case, typically in constructions that express possession or a description of a group of items. In Finnish, adjectives and participles agree with the noun they modify in number and case, so pehmustettu becomes pehmustettujen in the genitive plural when describing plural nouns such as kenkien or suojavarusteiden.

The form is common in descriptive or technical writing, product catalogs, and contexts where the padding feature is being specified for multiple items. It does not function as an independent noun; rather, it forms part of a noun phrase to attribute padding to a group of objects. Examples include phrases like pehmustettujen kenkien valmistus (the manufacture of padded shoes) or pehmustettujen suojavarusteiden tarve (the need for padded protective gear).

Etymology-wise, pehmustettu comes from pehmuste (cushion, padding) with the past-participle suffix -ttu, yielding a describable property. The genitive plural ending -jen or -tujen or related patterns appear in the inflected form pehmustettujen to align with the following noun in genitive plural.

See also: Finnish grammar, adjectives, participles, genitive case, word formation.